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Silver Week in Japan 2026: Dates, Crowds and Why It Won’t Happen Again Until 2032
Silver Week in Japan 2026 runs five days straight, from 19 to 23 September, only the third time this alignment has happened…
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Line A — the calendar. Month-by-month weather, crowd levels, price seasons and the public-holiday weeks that quietly close a country. Everything here is data you can check before you book: climate normals, official holiday calendars and bloom forecasts.
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Japan Ski Season 2026-27: Opening Dates by Region, From Niseko to Nagano
Japan's ski season runs from late November to early May depending on where you go. Opening and closing dates for Niseko, Hakuba,…
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Mount Fuji Climbing Season: Dates, Permits and the ¥4,000 Toll
Mount Fuji is open to climbers for about ten weeks a year. The official dates by trail, the new flat ¥4,000 toll,…
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Best Time to Visit South Korea: Month by Month, With Weather, Crowds and Holidays
Spring and autumn, yes, but with a monsoon that drops more than half of Seoul's yearly rain in two months, spring dust…
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Best Time to Visit Thailand: Month by Month, Coast by Coast
November to February is the right answer for most of Thailand, but not for Koh Samui, and not for anyone who minds…
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Best Time to Visit Vietnam: North, Centre and South, Month by Month
Vietnam has three climates, and their dry seasons barely overlap. Hanoi, Da Nang and Saigon month by month, the rainy season region…
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Japan Fall Foliage Forecast: How Koyo Timing Works, and When to Book
Kyoto's autumn colour now books out almost as far ahead as cherry blossom week, but the koyo forecast works differently: a three-week…
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Japan’s Rainy Season and Typhoon Season: Dates by Region
Tsuyu moves north from Okinawa in May to Tohoku in July, and typhoon risk peaks in August and September. The regional dates,…
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Obon and New Year in Japan: The Two Weeks the Country Shuts
Obon empties the cities and fills the trains; the New Year period closes the country outright. What is open, what is shut,…
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Golden Week in Japan: Dates, Closures and What It Costs You
Four public holidays in seven days, 120 million people travelling at once, and the worst prices of the year. The dates, why…
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Japan Cherry Blossom Forecast: Who Issues It, How It Works, When to Book
The bloom forecast comes out in January. Hotels for that week sold out in December. Here is how the forecast is actually…
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Best Time to Visit Japan: Month by Month, With Weather, Crowds and Prices
There is no single best month to visit Japan — there is a best month for what you want. Here is every…